Landfill

Landfill, Leachate and Long-Term Environmental Pathways

Water moving through buried waste can mobilise contaminants and form leachate. Modern landfill engineering is designed to contain and collect that liquid, but environmental performance depends on the integrity of the containment system and the site's long-term management.

Landfill and the Food Chain

Waste in landfill does not automatically contaminate food. A credible food-chain concern needs evidence of how contaminants reach food or feed, not simply evidence that the waste contains hazardous substances.[R01]